The Seven-Year Itch

   The term seven- year itch that comes from a famous movie called “The Seven Year Itch” that the main actor, Tom faced the difficulties in his marriage that he was attracted by the beautiful neighbor and imagined that he had an affair. After the movie became famous, also, the term seven- year itch became well-known. The seven- year itch means that when people married about seven years, they start to feel that the marriage is plain and boring, so they may want a passionate relationship, new sexual experience, and even have an affair. There are different opinions of the seven- year itch - some people consider that the itch is normal and even have an affair is normal, too. On the contrary, some people cannot accept the itch and needless to say to have an affair.

  In tradition, the Asia and most people in the country which belong to Catholicism or Christianity believe that a marriage should at least maintain a whole life to keep its sanctity.

  However, people have become more open-minded in today’s society. Lots of factors-such as financial stress, argument and affairs-might lead people to their divorce. Each of us is a free individual, but sometimes we are bound by the marriage, besides a large amount of alimony must be paid when we finally get our divorce done. For those reasons, I am strongly against an everlasting marriage since most people are like the character Tom Ewell in the movie “The seven-year itch” We all have a difficult time staying in clam.

  Take my birthing place Taiwan for an example. According to a statistics given out by Ministry of the Interior, the country that owns the highest divorce rate in Asia and happens to be the top 4 around the world in 2013 is Taiwan. In Taiwan, the divorce rate this year has reached a new high to 47 percents. As an average, one would be divorced in each of the two couples, and one would be divorced every ten minutes. A British research showed that a marriage goes stale after 10 years and 11 months in England. The survey said that after a decade of marriage the romance has often died and partners have become fed up with their daily routine. 10-year marriage is much longer than the marriage in other countries, even longer than the marriage in Taiwan. Most of the people around the world gradually lose the energy to complete their marriage.

  In Germany, a politician Gabriele Pauli told reporters at the launch of her campaign manifesto. She wanted marriage to expire after seven years. "The basic approach is wrong ... many marriages last just because people believe they are safe," she told reporters. "My suggestion is that marriages expire after seven years." After the seven-year mark, options for dissolution or renewal should be available to couples, she noted. This suggestion is fairly suitable for Taiwan which has the highest rate of divorce in Asia. Needless to say that the property and the child’s custody of a couple should be well arranged before they get marry. Our government must also execute some policies that back up citizens in order to create an ideal society.

  As mentioned above, the divorce rate has become higher in Taiwan in recent years, and the viewpoint of the German politician toward a marriage, the two supports indicate that people can get divorced to make their life happy when there are problems which difficult to be solved between husband and wife. Also, everyone is supposed to have the seven- year itch because of the unhappy and plain marriage. In order to make people live happily, when a marriage faces its problems and difficulties that never be overcome, people should be brave to get away from it, and not try to maintain the surface of peace. In addition, do not be shame to get divorced because it is normal in modern world.